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Age Divides the Small Crowd at Occupy Charlestonnew

Whereas the other occupations around the country seem to be largely made up of feisty young whippersnappers, Occupy Charleston appears to be nothing more than a dozen or so old white people gathered around a coffee table piled high with pizza boxes.

Charleston City Paper | Chris Haire | 10-19-2011 | #OCCUPY

Tags: Occupy Wall Street, #OCCUPY, Occupy Charleston

In Alabama, "Mexican" is Considered an Offensive Wordnew

A thrift store in Birmingham requested the removal of an alt-weekly rack because the word "Mexican" appears in the column, ¡Ask a Mexican!

OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 10-19-2011 | Race & Class

Tags: Immigration, WTF, America's Thrift Store, Mexicans in Alabama

Uphill Battlenew

A proposed North Idaho wilderness area hangs on bureaucracy, politics and old habits.

Boise Weekly | Zach Hagadone | 10-19-2011 | Environment

Tags: wilderness, Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Area

Atlanta Shouldn't Allow Bad Traffic to Cause Brain Drainnew

New college grads could opt to go elsewhere if metro Atlanta doesn't embrace transit

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Jonathan Weidman | 10-19-2011 | Transportation

Occupy Atlanta's Message May be Muddlednew

But its grievance resonate with middle-class Americans.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Editorial Board | 10-19-2011 | #OCCUPY

Tags: Troy Davis, Occupy Wall Street, #OCCUPY, Occupy Atlanta, Woodruff Park

Welcome to the Occupationnew

While still in an embryonic stage, the prevailing sentiment of the Occupy Wall Street movement is to reduce income inequality in the U.S. and loosen the perceived control that large corporations have on government and public life.

Columbia Free Times | Corey Hutchins | 10-19-2011 | #OCCUPY

Tags: South Carolina, Occupy Wall Street, #OCCUPY, Chris Bickel, Citizens United, Occupy Columbia

Strategy of the Fittestnew

Moss Landing’s development diversity makes it an economic survivor.

Monterey County Weekly | Kera Abraham | 10-19-2011 | Economy

Tags: Moss Landing

The Failed Quest for Objectivitynew

A newspaper is much more than reporting. Even more important are the decisions editors make on what stories to pursue and pick up from national wires (and those not to) and how they're presented.

Arkansas Times | Lindsey Millar | 10-17-2011 | Media

Tags: #OCCUPY, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Objectivity in Reporting, View From Nowhere

Inside the Food Tent at Occupy DCnew

What are the demonstrators at Occupy DC eating? Pretty much what you'd expect. "We keep it pretty much vegetarian—vegan, if we can."

Washington City Paper | Chris Shott | 10-17-2011 | #OCCUPY

Tags: Vegans, #Occupy, Freedom Plaza, Occupy DC

A Moral Stance in a Public Placenew

Wall Street occupiers deserve our support.

East Bay Express | Jay Youngdahl | 10-17-2011 | #OCCUPY

Tags: Stephen Colbert, Occupy Wall Street, #OCCUPY, Declaration of the Occupation of New York City, Port Huron Statement

Skateboarders Enter Confusing Legal Territorynew

Skateboarders and skateboarding sympathizers dominated the half-hour citizen participation period at Tuesday night’s Charleston City Council meeting with pleas for a change in the city’s ordinances regarding downtown skating. The impetus was a resolution from the College of Charleston student government that asked for an exception to skating prohibitions within the college campus, but non-students also spoke about uneven treatment by police and a confusing city code that allows skating on certain peninsula streets but not on others.

Charleston City Paper | Paul Bowers | 10-17-2011 | Policy Issues

Former CIA Agent Claims the Military Poisoned His Familynew

The ugly side effects surfaced soon after Kevin Shipp transferred in 1999 from CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., to Camp Stanley, the sprawling U.S. Army weapons depot just north of San Antonio. His now ex-wife, Lorena Shipp, suddenly began to suffer near-constant migraines.

San Antonio Current | Michael Barajas | 10-17-2011 | Civil Liberties